welcome to bbc news — i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: at least three people have died in bushfires in australia, as forecasters and firefighters warn that more dangerous weather is on the way. our real concern is actually moving into tuesday where we are expecting temperatures in the high 30s, early 40s. humidity down to single digits and winds gusting upwards of 80 kilometres an hour. bolivia's political crisis deepens, with the opposition refusing the president's offer of dialogue to resolve the election dispute, and the armed forces saying they won't intervene. around two million people in eastern india and bangladesh are told to leave their homes as a powerful cyclone makes landfall. rescue operations continue in the north of england and the midlands after a months‘

worth of rain fell in a single day. welcome to the programme. we will start in australia with those wildfires. and a pretty serious warning, actually. ‘leave your homes for safety or risk not receiving help‘. the severe warning from firefighters as bush fires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. at least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water—bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. officials in new south wales say 150

homes have burned down. with me is our news reporter freya cole who has experience reporting on bushfires in australia. freya, thank you for being with us. bring us up—to—date. freya, thank you for being with us. bring us up-to-date. there has been some relief overnight on the weather. firefighters are doing what they can today to get on top of this bushfire disaster but don‘t get me wrong, the risk is far from bushfire disaster but don‘t get me wrong, the risk is farfrom over. there are still more than 100 fires burning across queensland and new south wales. any of those are still out of control. as we keep hearing, the worst is yet to come. 0n tuesday, australia is expecting conditions, high temperatures, strong winds, we are talking high—temperature is of around a0 degrees and the fire threat extends to right across the state. we are

talking about the outskirts of syd ney talking about the outskirts of sydney at risk of bushfire. that is huge levels of population, potentially at risk. we did speak with ben shepherd from the new south wales rural fire service just a short time ago. he spoke a little bit about that message for people to get prepared now because come tuesday, the resources might be so stretched that if they call for help, that help might not arrive. we are talking about a massive area here now that we are with. some 6 or 700,000 hectares of bushland that is alight so we are having to deal with that ahead of these worsening conditions on tuesday. we need people to obviously understand that when they do ask for assistance that a fire truck may not be able to turn up. the winds of those kinds of strengths, we may not be able to get you aerial support. so we're trying to encourage everybody to use this weekend to prepare. you reported on fires on the ground

in some of these locations we are talking about. what is different about them this time? well, in terms of, it is a different location was at this time last year i was in new south wales reporting on bushfires ina south wales reporting on bushfires in a small country town called tathra. it was completely wiped out and we are seeing that again this time around. to have another bushfire disaster in spring when the summer bushfire disaster in spring when the summer hasn‘t even begun yet is quite frankly a frightening situation. i remember talking to people who had lost everything they owned. they were quite literally left with the clothes on their back and they spoke about time when bushfire is rapidly approaching and they have the choice to either leave 01’ they have the choice to either leave or take shelter and for many, leaving their properties can be incredibly hard. they might be leaving behind pet ‘s, livestock, a lot of people in australia own horses and cattle so it can be a

very difficult and traumatic choice to leave and last summer was the hottest on record. weather forecasters are saying again, we are facing another very hot summer so let‘s have another listen to what then had to say about that weather forecast. —— then. —— ben. the actual weather conditions that we've had over the last few days, are typically what we would see in the middle or the worst parts of summer. we've had an extraordinary start to this fire season already. we will be approaching 1 million hectares of actual bushland that is being burnt and at this stage, the bureau of meteorology is actually predicting more of this weather over the coming months so it doesn't bode well for the rest of the fire season. it doesn‘t bode well is probably an understatement. we have the warning from the guys that tuesday is a potential pinch point. there are literally hundreds of people, quite literally hundreds of people, quite literally trapped, in a way. camping

out in evacuation centres. they are not allowed to go back home for a number of reasons. it is dangerous. if their properties are being burnt 01’ if their properties are being burnt or if trees are burnt, there is that risk that that could collapse. there is also the risk of asbestos. people are huddled together in makeshift evacuation centres and they don‘t know what remains back home so it is incredibly stressful for them. we have been speaking to people on the ground. we spoke to bill robertson from red rock along the midnight coast of new south wales and he said has been fighting spot fires to protect his property and businesses. he has been running out glasses of water to firefighters so there is certainly a level of community spirit and just on that community note, we have lost three people, potentially more. it takes a huge toll on this —— beat small country towns. —— a huge toll on these small

country towns. cyclone bulbul has made landfall near the border of india and bangladesh, bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 135 kilometres an hour. up to two million people have left their homes for safety, but two deaths have been reported — one person was crushed under a tree in the city of kolkata, while another was buried under a collapsing wall in neighbouring 0disha. 0ur south asian editor, anbarasan ethirajan, explains how improved preparedness has helped save lives. in the past, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in cyclones in bangladesh but we have developed a radio system and are working with the un and other agencies and have enlisted thousands of volunteers. one of the first things they will do is send text messages to mobile phones, to various fishermen and villages across southern bangladesh.

and then they sent to different villages using loudspeakers to tell people that they now need to go to safety. otherwise they will also use army and security forces, physically putting people into shelters. so these are some of the methods they use and they also use television and radio, warning people about the danger. they have realised that, unless they moved to some safety, that their lives will be in danger and that was one of the reasons why people think they can tied over and sit on the top of the roof and, if we spend another few hours we will be fine but bangladesh has learned its lesson and disaster management for the last few years has been good. tensions are high in bolivia as the president, evo morales, comes under more pressure to resign after accusations that last month‘s election was rigged. the main opposition leader has turned down the president“s invitation to talks. on friday, police in several bolivian cities came out in support of the anti—government protestors, with some of them calling for mr morales to resign. bolivia‘s armed forces have said they will never go against the people and the crisis must be solved by democratic means. a little earlier i spoke

with mark weisbrot — a latin america analyst. he gave his assessment. i think it is serious. i think the opposition or the leadership at least is trying to overthrow the government. and, you know, a near majority, a7% of the people voted for the president, which was over ten points more than the next runner up... sorry to interrupt straightaway, but those results are exactly what‘s disputed. do you have faith in those results? yes, well, if you‘ve noticed, you can read dozens, hundreds of articles since october 20 on the web on this election. and not one presents even one shred of evidence that the election was in doubt, stolen, or anything else. and so this is a very bad, i think, it was very bad decision on the part of the organisation of american states. they put one sentence into their press release after the election, without any evidence whatsoever,

implying that there was something wrong with the result and so that was picked up by most of the media. but you can look at any website for any major news organisation in the world and no—one has yet presented any evidence. and that‘s because there isn‘t any. you don‘t even need a statistical analysis, we did one, which you can see at cepr.net. but you can just look at the numbers from the election and there‘s nothing that indicates anything was wrong... 0k, well, given that, why are so many out on the streets now then, do you think? well, you had a lot of people in 2009 on the streets trying to overthrow the government then. and so you do have an opposition that wants to get rid of this government and they‘ve used violence in the past. and so it‘s not that surprising, but i think the media‘s played a huge role by simply repeating over and over again this allegation, which is really nothing, at this point, more than an unfounded conspiracy theory.

because there‘s nothing to indicate that there‘s something wrong with the result. rescue crews are still working to evacuate homes across parts of northern england and the midlands, after a month‘s worth of rain fell in one day. seven severe flood warnings are in place on the river don in south yorkshire — indicating a threat to life. one of the places worst hit there is the village of fishlake, near doncaster. here‘s fiona trott. the village residents are leaving behind. the roads in fishlake are like rivers tonight. unless you have a boat, the only way to travel is by tractor. at times like these, the local farmers are happy to help out. it‘s how emergency supplies have been reaching residents, all of them alarmed by how quickly it happened. i‘ve never seen it like this all my life. apparently it did flood in 1933 or so. i‘ve never, ever seen it this bad.

some people here have decided to stay, but for one woman that‘s not an option. the prospect of being trapped could not be more serious. we only moved in five weeks ago. i‘m waiting for a transplant. 13 miles away in bentley, residents are counting the cost of the clear—up. all this has got to be replaced. diane cordon‘s family were flooded in 2007 and couldn‘t afford new insurance. they say they want help and the council isn‘t providing it. as soon as possible, we need skips. they‘re saying that the wagons cannot go through because of the water. cars are managing to get through, as you can see, so can a wagon with a skip on the back of it. what are we supposed to do with this? leave you to it! what are we supposed to do with all this rancid, smelly, contaminated stuff? doncaster council has described

the situation as highly complex and says it‘s been very difficult to predict and control future events. in derbyshire, matlock has been one of the worst—affected areas there. the woman who died after being caught in floodwater near darley dale has today been named as the former high sheriff annie hall. she‘s been described as a great leader who will be hugely missed. it will be weeks before this village and others like it reach some kind of normality. in the meantime, the government says it‘s launched an emergency fund so that local authorities can help safeguard people‘s lives and property. this is the village of stainforth, just a mile away from fishlake, and the police are going to stay here throughout the night. they‘ve got to stop people from crossing that bridge. the river don is a tidal river and it remains dangerously high. fiona trott, bbc news, doncaster.

with me is our correspondent andy moore. we saw in fiona‘s report, lots of houses, lots of businesses, lots of people affected by this. give us an idea of the scale of what has been happening. well, the problem remains. the heavy rain that, months rainfall in one day. the rain is now travelling down the rivers from the hills, down to the floodplains where it meets the north sea and the problems are in those low—lying areas where the rivers meet tidal areas. we saw there in fishlake for example. hundreds of people in that community had been told to leave their homes. similar problems on the river trent stop again, the lower reaches of the river now, the low—lying communities there, some of the places there are being warned that there is a high tide coming in about five hours‘ time and as the floodwaters come down and meet that ha rd to floodwaters come down and meet that hard to tie —— high tide, they may

be hours that make may be problems. give us an idea over the coming days. what are we expecting? certainly the environment agency here in the uk, the flood risk, on the river don in south yorkshire, is not going to go off until wednesday. the problems we saw that are likely to persist for some days. those severe flood warnings are still in effect. they mean there is a risk to life so floodwaters receding in some areas in the upper reaches of the areas in the upper reaches of the areas but not further down. thank you for bringing us up to speed, andy moore. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a weekend of celebrations in tokyo to mark the enthronement of the new emperor. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take

the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election result. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who‘d long felt only grudgingly accepted in the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: at least three people have died in bushfires in australia as weather forecasters and firefighters warn that more dangerous weather is on the way. bolivia‘s political crisis has deepened with the opposition refusing the president‘s offer of dialogue to resolve the election dispute and the armed forces saying they won‘t intervene. returning to australia now. at the peak of the fire outbreak, 17 emergency level fires were burning simultaneously across new south wales. could this unprecedented outbreak of wildfires so early into the season offer a glimpse of things to come for australia? how much of a factor is climate change? dr richard thornton is ceo of the bushfire and natural hazards cooperative research centre in melbourne.

thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. that key question, really, is climate change, and what effect it is having. is it too early to say? can you not pinpoint individual events and blame climate change where are we? it is always difficult to be able to say such and such an event was as a result of climate change. what we are seeing this year, though, is a pretty severe drought through a lot of the areas in eastern coast seaboard of australia at this time. and these fires are coming on top of the climate change and generating one degree above long—term average temperatures. and temperature is an important factor in fire behaviour and the ability to sustain fires, and the ability to sustain fires, and particularly for fires to get going and to start. richard, i want

to go back to the kind of climate change debate very briefly here, because we heard and one mary new south wales talking about climate change and bring it up directly in relation to what is happening right now “— relation to what is happening right now —— mayor. we have scott morrison on the other hand not wanting to answer questions on climate change. what is the state of the debate in the country? i think there are obviously polarising views on some of these aspects. what is clear is that we are saying conditions which we haven‘t seen before. last year, for example, we saw fires in northern queensland that were well and truly out of their normal season for fires. and we are running much hotter. indeed, we are running much hotter. indeed, we saw fires in tasmania burning in areas that traditionally haven‘t seen areas that traditionally haven‘t seen fires for hundreds if not longer timeframes. so it is clear

that the future that we are looking at is not the same as the one that we have seen anybody apartment living memory, if like. so there is clearly something changing. in climate change is the ds factor —— the obvious factor. and there is demographic change, where we choose to live as a country, i guess. we are choosing to live in fire impacted areas or areas which traditionally have carried fires. so the debate is always difficult. it is clear that we are seeing a long—term increase in average temperature and that shows up in all the records. we are seeing... richard, iam the records. we are seeing... richard, i am sorry tojump in there, the debate is going to be cut short on this occasion. but thank you very much for your thoughts. richard thornton there. thousands of people have turned out for a concert at the brandenburg gate

at the end of a day marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. this report from jenny hill. this city set the world alight 30 years ago. tonight, berlin is still on fire. cheering the wall was loathed, feared, resisted. in the end, it couldn‘t hold them back. cornelia was 11 when communist east germany came tumbling down. i remember also when we could go to the west part, the smelling. i will never forget about the smelling in the shops because it was such an amazing smell, i never had before. in 1961, the world looked on as, brick by brick, east berlin became a prison, its citizens sealed off from friends and family in the west, trapped in an oppressive communist regime.

monika was among them. the wall, she told us, tore her family apart. she never knew her grandfather, who lived in the west. by the time the wall fell, he was dead. angela merkel, leading commemorations today, also grew up behind the iron curtain. it shaped her politics, her aversion to borders and walls. but even she admits divisions remain between the old east and west. the revolution was astonishingly bloodless. this, many declared, the birth of a new world order, one which some warn is at risk today. translation: the values upon which europe is founded — freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, the preservation of human rights —

they absolutely cannot be taken for granted and must constantly be defended. for germany, this is a bittersweet day. a commemoration of hardship endured, a celebration of freedom won, but a chance too to reflect on new divisions. but tonight, lit up with celebration, berlin will simply remember the day so many never dared to hope would come. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. in japan, celebrations are continuing to mark the enthronement of the country‘s new emperor. on saturday, a national festival took place, including a parade through tokyo, which was followed by a series of musical performances. emperor naruhito said he was deeply grateful as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. this weekend marks the climax of a huge national party. and it looks like they‘ve saved the best till last.

a parade featuring traditional folk dancing... ..plus marching bands from the tokyo police and fire departments. some of these things had to be delayed several weeks during to the impact of typhoon hagibis. but it was a sea of colour, noise and excitement nonetheless. then, as dusk fell, the emperor and empress emerged from the imperial palace. thousands of loyal subjects, waving flags, were holding up lanterns. translation: i am very grateful to everyone who was here today to celebrate this occasion. i am very happy with all the messages i‘ve been receiving

from the people. then prime minister shinzo abe paid his tribute. "the many people gathered here," he said, "the japanese citizens and i would like to once again celebrate the enthronement of the emperor." there was a special musical performance, including a new piece of music called ray of water, specially composed for the event. on sunday, the emperor and empress will travel in an open—topped car through tokyo. the final event, the final celebration. the new imperial age begins. tim allman, bbc news. that is it from me. i am back with the headlines in a couple of minutes. in the meantime, get me on

twitter. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. the weekend got off to a cold, frosty start. more rain followed for many of us on saturday. notjust rain, more of the uk had its first snow of the season into the welsh hills, the higher parts of shropshire. but it‘s the effect of recent rain which is still causing major flooding, particularly into parts of south yorkshire and derbyshire. there are many flood warnings still in force. do head to our website for the latest details about flood and weather warnings. now, sunday getting off to a cold, frosty start. for northern england, scotland, northern ireland, there is a risk of ice on untreated surfaces, especially in northern ireland where saturday was so wet. further south, more cloud close to this area of low pressure. it is pulling away, but keeping temperatures above freezing.

look, there‘s a gap between weather systems, but these wet weather bearing weather fronts will be coming in towards western parts at the end of sunday as we‘ll see a moment. this is how remembrance sunday is shaping up. still outbreaks of rain for parts of southern england and south wales, clearing away, a few fog patches around as well. but for many of us, you see the extent of the dry, sunny weather during the day. the odd shower clipping easternmost parts of england around the moray firth. a chilly day, but where you‘re changing saturday‘s rain and snow for sunshine it will feel a bit warmer. but look at this. these weather fronts coming in from the west at the end of the day. a very wet evening into northern ireland. here comes the rain pushing east across the uk going into monday morning. some snow to the higher parts of pennines, southern uplands, but particularly into the highlands, north of the central belt in scotland where could be quite tricky on some of the higher routes going into monday morning. temperatures do head up a bit overnight into monday after a chilly start of the night. the good news is, if there is any, about this latest weather system — it is moving on through,

so the wet weather doesn‘t hang around too long in any one place. the rain clearing south—eastern parts england by the end of monday morning. and then a blustery day following the sunshine and showers, the showers most frequent towards the north—west of the uk, wintry in places, especially the hills. it‘s going to be a colder feeling day, particularly because it will be a windier day. and going into tuesday, low pressure then towards the north sea, around that, we‘ve still got some bands of wet weather moving through. so notjust showers, but maybe some longer spells of wet weather sinking southwards on wednesday. there will be drier, brighter zones around these as well. it‘s still going to be a chilly day. don‘t expect anything warmer as the week goes on. low pressure will still be close by during the remainder of the week. a little gap early on wednesday. and look at this, more weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. chilly start to wednesday, turning wetter from the west. as i mentioned earlier, low pressure staying around for the rest of the week.

we this is bbc news, the headlines: at least three people have died in bushfires on the east coast of australia. weather forecasters and firefighters have warned that more dangerous weather is on the way, and told people at risk to leave for safety now as they might not be able to provide help. tensions in bolivia are high after the govering party called on its supporters to head for la paz to defend president evo morales, a day after police in three cities joined protests against him. mr morales has called for urgent talks with opposition parties who have accused him of rigging last month‘s elections. the cyclonic storm bulbul has made landfall in india and bangladesh. it‘s brought winds of up to a hundred and thirty five kilometres an hour and heavy rain.